Nokia Lumia 1520 Preview

Lagging behind Android in hardware specs for what seemed homogeneous for ages, WP8 managed to catch up in one fell swoop. With the Lumia 1520 at the spearhead, Nokia evened the playing field with a massive 1080p screen and a Snapdragon 800 chipset, then tilted it in its favor with a 20MP OIS-enabled PureView camera..

The Lumia 1520, along with the midrange Lumia 1320, are the first Nokia-made phablets and the first in Windows Phone 8 altogether. The 1320 has last year's hardware though, unlike the Lumia 1520, which is virtually on par with the best Android flagships.

• Nokia Lumia 1520 at a glance

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• Dimensions: 162.8 x 85.4 x 8.7 mm, 209g

• Display: 6" ClearBlack IPS display of 1080p resolution, 

• Gorilla Glass 2, 367ppi

• Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 800; quad-core Krait 400 at 2.2GHz, Adreno 330 GPU, 2GB RAM

• OS: Windows Phone 8 GDR3 with Nokia Black

• Camera: 20 MP, Carl Zeiss optics, optical image stabilization, autofocus, LED flash, PureView technology

• Video camera: 1080p @ 30fps video capture with the main camera

• Storage: 32GB built-in, microSD card slot with support of up to 64GB, 7GB SkyDrive cloud storage

• Connectivity: NFC, A-GPS+GLONASS, WLAN (2.4/5Ghz) a/b/g/n/ac, microUSB 2.0, BT 4.0 LE

• Battery: 3,400mAh with built-in wireless charging (Qi compatible)

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• Misc: Nokia Camera app, FM Radio, built-in accelerometer, multi-touch input, proximity sensor

Conclusion: It certainly has all the right ingredients. Windows Phone is kenned for simplicity and efficiency - it runs smoothly on much less puissant hardware and doesn't bury you under a mountain of gimmicky features like some Android Smartphones do. The Lumia 1520 does pack latest Windows Phone 8 updates - GDR3 and Nokia Ebony, so there are further ameliorations over. Visit here for more mobile review.

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